The MPA Guide: A framework to achieve global goals for the ocean

K Grorud-Colvert, J Sullivan-Stack, C Roberts… - Science, 2021 - science.org
BACKGROUND Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are places in the ocean that receive
protection to safeguard biodiversity from abatable threats. Confusion exists about the …

Ocean acidification refugia in variable environments

L Kapsenberg, T Cyronak - Global Change Biology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change refugia in the terrestrial biosphere are areas where species are protected
from global environmental change and arise from natural heterogeneity in landscapes and …

Coast‐wide evidence of low pH amelioration by seagrass ecosystems

AM Ricart, M Ward, TM Hill, E Sanford… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Global‐scale ocean acidification has spurred interest in the capacity of seagrass
ecosystems to increase seawater pH within crucial shoreline habitats through photosynthetic …

Opportunities for seagrass research derived from remote sensing: A review of current methods

BK Veettil, RD Ward, MDAC Lima, M Stankovic… - Ecological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Seagrass communities provide critical ecosystem and provisioning services for both human
populations and a wide range of associated species globally. However, it has been reported …

[HTML][HTML] Climate change mitigation by coral reefs and seagrass beds at risk: How global change compromises coastal ecosystem services

RK James, LM Keyzer, SJ Van de Velde… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Seagrass meadows provide valuable ecosystem services of coastal protection and chemical
habitat formation that could help mitigate the impact of sea level rise and ocean acidification …

A meta-analysis of multiple stressors on seagrasses in the context of marine spatial cumulative impacts assessment

J Stockbridge, AR Jones, BM Gillanders - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Humans are placing more strain on the world's oceans than ever before. Furthermore,
marine ecosystems are seldom subjected to single stressors, rather they are frequently …

The challenges of detecting and attributing ocean acidification impacts on marine ecosystems

SS Doo, A Kealoha, A Andersson… - ICES Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
A substantial body of research now exists demonstrating sensitivities of marine organisms to
ocean acidification (OA) in laboratory settings. However, corresponding in situ observations …

Drivers of biogeochemical variability in a central California kelp forest: implications for local amelioration of ocean acidification

HK Hirsh, KJ Nickols, Y Takeshita… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Kelp forests are among the world's most productive marine ecosystems, and they have the
potential to locally ameliorate ocean acidification (OA). In order to understand the …

Ocean acidification in the Gulf of Mexico: Drivers, impacts, and unknowns

E Osborne, X Hu, ER Hall, K Yates… - Progress in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Ocean acidification (OA) has resulted in global-scale changes in ocean chemistry, which
can disturb marine organisms and ecosystems. Despite its extensively populated coastline …

Providing a framework for seagrass mapping in United States coastal ecosystems using high spatial resolution satellite imagery

MM Coffer, DD Graybill, PJ Whitman… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Seagrasses have been widely recognized for their ecosystem services, but traditional
seagrass monitoring approaches emphasizing ground and aerial observations are costly …